BHL’s parent company Bumford Heating Ltd have been working on a Solar PV Panel project, installing a kit that will in turn utilise tomorrow’s technology of Solar Energy. Throughout this project we have been monitoring the progression of it for the benefit of you, our customers, so that you can see the process of Solar Panel installation and can begin planning your savings today!

Bumford Heating Ltd are a Yorkshire based national plumbing and heating contractor. Based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire they have supplied and installed thousands of quality domestic and contract heating systems since being established in Sheffield in 1968. Bumford Heating Ltd are an independent family run business with a proud history and an exciting future.

Bumford Heating Ltd Solar Panel installers set about constructing the frame work and basis for the solar panels, without these, the system simply could not be placed onto the roof of the household.

The installation is nearly complete, however it is a shame about the typically British weather, however, Solar PV panels still generate energy even without sunlight which is definately a huge plus considering the weather in this image. Read more about the Solar Panels here to start saving money on your energy bills….

We recently discovered these amazing black and white photographs from the vaults of our parent company Bumford Heating Limited.

Although the photos have no date we think that they were taken in the early eighties. Of all the plumbers on the pictures, one still remains with Bumford Heating.

The photos were taken at our old premises on Millhouses Street, Hoyland, Barnsley as part of a publicity shoot for a local newspaper. The site is now the location for a complex of modern houses and apartments.

Here is a shot of our old Fireplace showroom. Because we were located in a coal mining area we stocked a wide range of solid fuel spare parts.

Today Bumford Heating are leading installers of Plumbing, Heating and Renewable Solutions, offering a Free, no-obligation quotation.

Bumford Heating Limited (the parent company of BHL) installed their first Central Heating System back in 1968, the year that astronauts first orbitted the moon and the year of Martin Luther King’s assasination.

Rewind a further 118 years to 1850 and the Elsecar branch of the South Yorkshire railway was opened. This single track line ran from Mexborough to Elsecar via Cortonwood, crossing the Dearne and Dove Canal by lifting bridge. The line was originally brought into use for the transport of mineral traffic buy also served the collieries, ironworks and other local businesses.

The line also found use due to its proximity to the Wentworth Woodhouse estate of the Earl Fitzwilliam. Earl Fitzwilliam ran private trains on the line from his own covered station at Elsecar, often running trains from Elsecar station to Doncaster races. The Earl even operated trains for the Prince of Wales (Later King Edward V11) during his stays at the Wentworth Woodhouse.

Eventually the line went out of use in 1984 when the Cortonwood Colliery ceased production, the section to Elsecar having closed some years earlier.

Today, manned by a team of commited and enthusiastic volunteers, Elsecar Heritage Railway (EHR) operates as a tourist attraction running trips on weekends and bank holidays. EHR is South Yorkshires only preserved line.

In the future Elsecar Heritage Railway plan to relay a further mile of track on the Elsecar branch to a new terminus adjacent to the retail park at Cortonwood in Barnsley.

The costs involved in running and maintaining EHR are tremendously expensive. The engines and rolling stock need constant maintenance. The costs of the coal alone for the steam engines is staggering.

Bumford Heating are proud supporters of local causes and heritage. When the opportunity arose to support EHR we donated plumbing fittings for use on the engines, as well as warehouse equipment such as shelving and pallett trucks. We have also donated £500 to help with the upkeep of the line.

You can find out more about Elsecar Heritage Railway on their website.

Bumford Heating are installers of quality central heating and renewable energy systems in Barnsley, Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster and throughout the whole of Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Humberside. Click here to book a free site survey and appointment with Bumford Heating